Legislative Proposals From State Commission for Next Session
Wisconsin state commission proposes model acts for next session including tax information sharing among states and federal government and a uniform act for school bus supervision. Other ideas cover accelerated control of Bang's disease in cattle, pesticide and herbicide controls, aviation tax distribution, beach erosion laws, school redistricting, adoption laws, and a uniform motor vehicle code.
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Madison
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Council of State Governments
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Commission
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Federation of States
Taylor G. Brown
Winnebago County
Bang
Home Lighting Contest Entry Deadline Nears
The La Crosse Tribune reports the Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas home lighting contest ends today with postmarks by midnight. James Brindley, chairman, says prizes will be awarded in three zones North site West of West Avenue and East of West Avenue. Judging begins Monday and runs through Christmas with winners announced during the holidays.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
James Brindley
Rts
West Avenue
la Crosse Tribune
Box
la Crosse
Jaycees
Brindley
Judgin
la Crosse River
Jag Goon
Masked Bandits Hold Up Bright Spot Tavern
Two masked bandits robbed the Bright Spot tavern north of Fond du Lac Wisconsin Friday night fleeing with 500 dollars after threatening to shoot owner Henry Balthazar and his wife. The till yielded 45 dollars and Balthazar’s wallet 455 dollars per County Police Officer Harry Rozek. In the early 1920s radio receivers ran on batteries with plug in sets arriving around 1926.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Bright Spot
Henry Balthazar
Balthazar
Harry Rozek
Christmas Home Lighting Contest Entry Form
Contest entry request form from La Crosse Wisconsin invites participants to enter the Christmas home lighting contest. It lists the sponsoring La Crosse Junior Chamber of Commerce and provides fields for address zone number and phone number.
Wisconsin History Society Color Films Win Special Merit Award
The Wisconsin State Historical Society received a special merit award from the American Association of State and Local History for five colored cartoon film strips on Wisconsin history. The project began in 1948 with a state centennial grant and features 30 frames per strip detailing Wisconsin from early exploration to the postwar era.
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Madison
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Wisconsin
State Historical Society
American Association of State and Local History
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Herbert Kellar
Chicago
Clifford Lord
State Centennial Committee
Don Anderson
Dorthy Meeker
John Jenkins
Harry Lichter
Museum
Wilbur H. Glover
Europe
Canada
Atlantic Seaboard
Lord
Mitchell to Speak on Philosophy of Speech in Democratic Society
Rexford S. Mitchell, president of State Teachers College, will join three other panelists at the 34th annual meeting of the Speech Association of America. The panel on Philosophy of Speech in a Democratic Society runs 10 40 a m to 12 10 p m December 29 at the Stevens Hotel Chicago during a gathering of about 2 000 delegates from December 28 to 30. Margaret Olesen of the Teachers College speech department attends, with Harold Urey of the University of Chicago R J Blakely of the St Louis Star Times and Karl Mundt of South Dakota as speakers. Orville Hitchcock former Town Hall moderator will chair the panel from the University of Iowa faculty.
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Rexford S. Mitchell
State Teachers College
Spe- Association of America
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Margaret Olesen
Teachers College
Dr. Mitchell
Harold Urey
University of Chicago
R. J. Blakely
St. Louis Star-Times
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Town Hall
Orville Hitchcock
University of Iowa
Carba cattle dealer fined for cruelty to bullocks
William Costello a cattle dealer from Carba near Dublin was fined 60 dollars by an Eire judge for cruelty after evidence showed two bullocks could not walk at a road junction and were struck with a stick to move them.
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Carba
Dublin
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